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Proclamation as Dialogue
Introduction This paper was submitted to Dr. A. Roger Gobel on Dec. 5, 1985, as part of “Religion and Human Behavior,” a first-year course at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Paper In virtually every congregation on any given Sunday, when the minister takes to the pulpit and preaches to the assembled congregation, the minister…
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We Believe in the Almighty
Introduction I’m not sure when I wrote this devotion, other than at some point while in seminary, 1985–1989, based upon the folder in which I found it this morning. The original is hand-written, undated, and bears no note about the occasion or the reason why I prepared it. Text Jeremiah 32:26-27 Devotion We Americans want…
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Roles and Relations
Introduction Within the text of Bridging Physics and Communications: Experimental Detection and Analysis of Web Site Users’ Paths in an Environment of Free Choice, the thesis I wrote in 2000 for my master of arts degree in journalism, I embedded seven essays that each stand alone, yet work together to present the thoughts underlying the…
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Influence and Evolution
Introduction Within the text of Bridging Physics and Communications: Experimental Detection and Analysis of Web Site Users’ Paths in an Environment of Free Choice, the thesis I wrote in 2000 for my master of arts degree in journalism, I embedded seven essays that each stand alone, yet work together to present the thoughts underlying the…
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St. Athanasius: The Atoning Logos
Introduction I submitted this paper to Dr. Gerald Christianson on Nov. 22, 1985, as part of my work at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in a course entitle “The Early Church and its Creeds.” Paper As Christians began spreading the Gospel, persons of both Hebrew and Greek heritages listened, and in listening, appropriated the…
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Wash Away the Sin of All…
Introduction In 1991, while serving as the pastor of First Lutheran Church, Potter, Neb., and Grace Lutheran Church, Gurley, Neb., I prepared a second series of six daily devotions, calling the collection “Baptized in the Name: Devotions for the Harvest.” This is the sixth—and last—in the collection. Reading: Revelation 7:9-14 “Wash away the sin of…
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We Make Disciples…
Introduction In 1991, while serving as the pastor of First Lutheran Church, Potter, Neb., and Grace Lutheran Church, Gurley, Neb., I prepared a second series of six daily devotions, calling the collection “Baptized in the Name: Devotions for the Harvest.” This is the fifth in the collection. Reading: Matthew 28:16-20 “In obedience to his command,…
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Anointed with the Spirit…
Introduction In 1991, while serving as the pastor of First Lutheran Church, Potter, Neb., and Grace Lutheran Church, Gurley, Neb., I prepared a second series of six daily devotions, calling the collection “Baptized in the Name: Devotions for the Harvest.” This is the fourth in the collection. Reading: Mark 1:9-15 “In the waters of the…
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Through the Sea…
Introduction In 1991, while serving as the pastor of First Lutheran Church, Potter, Neb., and Grace Lutheran Church, Gurley, Neb., I prepared a second series of six daily devotions, calling the collection “Baptized in the Name: Devotions for the Harvest.” This is the third in the collection. Reading: Exodus 14:21-25 “You led Israel by the…
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St. Thomas Aquinas and Martin Luther on the Problem of Evil
Introduction I wrote this paper for Religion 403-1, submitting it to Dr. Donald E. Byrne, Jr., on Dec. 8, 1983, at the end of the fall semester of my senior year in college. Paper Theological discussions seem, inevitably and inexorably, to be drawn to the topic of evil, its existence and nature, as surely as…